A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process

The iron and steel industry is energy-intensive due to the large volume of steel produced and its high-temperature and high-weight characteristics, sensors such as high-temperature application sensors can be utilized to collect production data and support the process control and optimization. Steelm...

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Main Authors: Kunkun Peng, Chunjiang Zhang, Weiming Shen, Xinfu Pang, Yanlan Mei, Xudong Deng
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Chunjiang Zhang
Weiming Shen
Xinfu Pang
Yanlan Mei
Xudong Deng
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description The iron and steel industry is energy-intensive due to the large volume of steel produced and its high-temperature and high-weight characteristics, sensors such as high-temperature application sensors can be utilized to collect production data and support the process control and optimization. Steelmaking-refining-continuous casting (SRCC) is a bottleneck in the iron and steel production process. SRCC scheduling problems are worldwide problems and NP-hard. The problems are not only important for iron and steel enterprises to enhance production efficiency, but also play a significant role in saving energy and reducing resource consumption. SRCC scheduling problems can be modeled as hybrid flowshop scheduling problems with batch production at the last stage. In this paper, a Discrete Brain Storm Optimization (DBSO) algorithm is proposed to handle SRCC scheduling problems. In the proposed DBSO, population initialization and cluster center replacement are specially designed to enhance the intensification abilities. Moreover, a perturbation operator is devised to enhance its diversification abilities. Furthermore, a new individual generation operator is devised to improve the intensification and diversification abilities simultaneously. Experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed DBSO is an efficient method for solving SRCC scheduling problems.
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spelling doaj-art-941d74c29d814079976f3fc182c844682024-11-26T18:20:51ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-11-012422713710.3390/s24227137A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting ProcessKunkun Peng0Chunjiang Zhang1Weiming Shen2Xinfu Pang3Yanlan Mei4Xudong Deng5School of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaSchool of Automation, Shenyang Institute of Engineering, Shenyang 110136, ChinaSchool of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaSchool of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaThe iron and steel industry is energy-intensive due to the large volume of steel produced and its high-temperature and high-weight characteristics, sensors such as high-temperature application sensors can be utilized to collect production data and support the process control and optimization. Steelmaking-refining-continuous casting (SRCC) is a bottleneck in the iron and steel production process. SRCC scheduling problems are worldwide problems and NP-hard. The problems are not only important for iron and steel enterprises to enhance production efficiency, but also play a significant role in saving energy and reducing resource consumption. SRCC scheduling problems can be modeled as hybrid flowshop scheduling problems with batch production at the last stage. In this paper, a Discrete Brain Storm Optimization (DBSO) algorithm is proposed to handle SRCC scheduling problems. In the proposed DBSO, population initialization and cluster center replacement are specially designed to enhance the intensification abilities. Moreover, a perturbation operator is devised to enhance its diversification abilities. Furthermore, a new individual generation operator is devised to improve the intensification and diversification abilities simultaneously. Experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed DBSO is an efficient method for solving SRCC scheduling problems.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/22/7137steelmaking-refining-continuous castingiron and steelenergy savinghybrid flowshop schedulingbatch productionbrain storm optimization
spellingShingle Kunkun Peng
Chunjiang Zhang
Weiming Shen
Xinfu Pang
Yanlan Mei
Xudong Deng
A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process
Sensors
steelmaking-refining-continuous casting
iron and steel
energy saving
hybrid flowshop scheduling
batch production
brain storm optimization
title A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process
title_full A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process
title_fullStr A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process
title_full_unstemmed A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process
title_short A Discrete Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems with Batch Production at Last Stage in the Steelmaking-Refining-Continuous Casting Process
title_sort discrete brain storm optimization algorithm for hybrid flowshop scheduling problems with batch production at last stage in the steelmaking refining continuous casting process
topic steelmaking-refining-continuous casting
iron and steel
energy saving
hybrid flowshop scheduling
batch production
brain storm optimization
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/22/7137
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